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Pirates Capture PBAC Titles In Tennis and Softball Four AASU Athletes Named PBAC Player of the Year Seven AASU Athletes Earn All-America Honors Pirates Finish Third In Commissioner’s Cup Race Volleyball Final PBAC Standings Under first-year head coach Alan Segal, the AASU volleyball squad began the season with 29 straight victories, instantly placing the Pirate program on the collegiate volleyball map. AASU finished SCHOOL PBAC ALL the season with a 36-5 overall mark, tying the NCAA Division II record for the best single-season North Florida 14-0 22-10 AASU 11-3 36-5 turnaround. AASU improved 23.5 games over last season's 8-24 mark, tying them with Presbyterian, Francis Marion 11-3 24-11 who also improved by 23.5 games in 1987. The Pirates finished tied for second in the PBAC regular USC Spartanburg 7-7 19-15 season and advanced to the PBAC Tournament Championship game, where they fell to North Florida. Augusta State 7-7 20-17 Lander 3-11 17-12 AASU finished the year ranked No. 6 in the South Region, narrowly missing an invitation to the USC Aiken 3-11 11-18 NCAA Championships. UNC Pembroke 0-14 9-27 Kris Bringewatt was named the PBAC’s Player of the Year, while Lindsay Ehlers earned PBAC Freshman of the Year honors and Segal earned PBAC Coach of the Year honors. Colleen Fitzsimmons PBAC Tournament Champ. Game North Fla. def. AASU 3-1 and Micah Roman were also named to the All-PBAC squad and several of the Pirate players earned (15-12, 15-8, 10-15, 15-8) All-Tournament honors throughout the season.

AASU PBAC All-Conference Honors Other Tournament Honors Kris Bringewatt (Player of the Year) California (Pa.) All-Tournament Team Lindsay Ehlers (Freshman of the Year) Erin Melius Colleen Fitzsimmons Colleen Fitzsimmons Micah Roman Sarah Haynes Alan Segal (Coach of the Year) VSU Days Innvitational All-Tournament Team All-PBAC Tournament Honors Colleen Fitzsimmons Erin Melius Fayetteville St. Invitational All-Tournament Team Lindsay Ehlers Kris Bringewatt (MVP) PBAC Player of the Week Colleen Fitzsimmons Lindsay Ehlers (Oct. 19, 1999) Individual Statistical Leaders Hitting Percentage Kris Bringewatt, .337 (3rd PBAC) Sarah Haynes, .296 (5th PBAC) Lindsay Ehlers, .288 (8th PBAC) Team Statistical Rankings Kills per game Lindsay Ehlers, 3.58 (3rd PBAC) Hitting Percentage Kris Bringewatt, 2.75 (10th PBAC) .255 (1st PBAC, 27th NCAA) Service Aces per game Kills per game Sofie Hakansson, 0.47 (3rd PBAC) 14.48 (2nd PBAC) Erin Melius, 0.42 (6th PBAC) Service Aces per game Kris Bringewatt, 0.39 (t9th PBAC) 2.47 (1st PBAC, 13th NCAA) Micah Roman, 0.39 (t9th PBAC) Blocks per game Blocks per game Kris Bringewatt, 0.90 (t3rd PBAC) 2.34 (2nd PBAC) Sarah Haynes, 0.90 (t3rd PBAC) Assists per game Assists per game 13.21 (1st PBAC) Erin Melius, 10.71 (3rd PBAC) Digs per game Colleen Fitzsimmons, 4.96 (8th PBAC) 16.84 (3rd PBAC) Digs per game Winning Percentage Micah Roman, 3.08 (9th PBAC) 36-5, .878 (10th NCAA) 1999-2000 AASU Athletics Year In Review Men’s Cross Country AASU’s men’s cross country squad turned in a successful 1999 campaign, capturing two event PBAC Championships titles - the Georgia Southern Opener and the Winthrop Invitational - and finishing fourth at the Peach SCHOOL SCORE Belt Athletic Conference Championships and ninth at the NCAA Division II Southeast Regional. Kennesaw State 35 Senior Gary Ginn capped off a fine Pirate career by earning All-PBAC honors for the third Columbus State 79 consecutive year. Ginn finished 16th at the PBAC Championships and turned in four other Top 10 North Florida 83 finishes during the season, including a third-place finish at the Winthrop Invitational. AASU 116 No runner in the Peach Belt, or the Southeast Region, enjoyed a better UNC Pembroke 131 debut than freshman Paul McRae. The New Zealander won his first three USC Spartanburg 150 collegiate races and captured four individual titles during the season, Lander 166 including setting a course record at the Pre-PBAC Championships in Francis Marion 171 Lumberton, N.C. McRae earned All-PBAC honors with a sixth-place finish Clayton State 203 at the PBAC Championships and also earned All-Region honors with a Georgia C&SU 267 13th-place finish at the NCAA Division II Southeast Regional. McRae was Augusta State 419 also honored by the conference as the Peach Belt’s Freshman of the Year. The season began on a high note as the Pirates took the Georgia AASU All-PBAC Honors Southern Opener on Sept. 3, defeating PBAC rivals North Florida and Paul McRae (Freshman of the Year) Clayton College & State. AASU would finish third at the Pre-PBAC Gary Ginn Championships in Lumberton, N.C., then capture its second title of the All-Southeast Region Honors season at the Winthrop Invitational. The Pirates would then turn in a sixth- place finish at the USC Spartanburg Invitational and a seventh-place finish Paul McRae at the prestigious Disney Cross Country Classic before tuning up for the Individual Titles postseason with a second-place finish at the Georgia Southern Invitational. Paul McRae - GSU Twilight (19:45) At the PBAC Championships, McRae, Ginn and Crenshaw would lead the Pirates to a fourth- Pre-PBAC Championships (25:11.9) ** place finish, each finishing in the top 20. AASU accumulated 116 points, finishing behind team Winthrop Invitational (25:18) champion Kennesaw State, Columbus State and North Florida. The Pirates then wrapped up the season GSU Invitational (25:36.29) with a ninth-place finish at the NCAA Division II Southeast Regional, finishing the meet with 258 ** Course record poitns. AASU finished the 1999 season ranked seventh in the Southeast Region, according to the NCAA Division II Coaches’ Poll. Women’s Cross Country

The AASU women’s cross country squad enjoyed a fine 1999 season, capturing two event titles PBAC Championship and achieving a national ranking in the NCAA Division II Top 25 for the first time in school history, SCHOOL SCORE helped by the addition of assistant cross country coach Bridget Cobb, who joined the Pirate coaching Kennesaw State 55 staff this season after a four-year stint at Northweastern State (La.) and a stellar collegiate career at North Florida 64 Texas A&M Commerce, AASU capped off the season with a strong third-place finish at the PBAC AASU 81 Championships and a sixth-place finish at the NCAA Division II Southeast Regional. Clayton State 105 A big part of the success of the women’s team starts up front with junior Francis Marion 163 Nikki Garland. A two-time All-PBAC and All-Region runner, Garland added Lander 168 each of those honors again in 1999 with a runner-up finish at the PBAC USC Spartanburg 168 Championships and a fifth-place finish at the Southeast Regional. Garland UNC Pembroke 170 enjoyed a stellar regular season, winning individual titles in four of six events, Columbus State 202 including setting a course record in Lumberton, N.C., at the Pre-PBAC meet. Augusta State 223 Sophomore Melanie Clarke followed up her outstanding freshman year Georgia C&SU 292 with a solid second year on the courses, earning All-PBAC honors for the USC Aiken 305 second year in a row and also adding All-Region honors for the first time with a sixth-place finish at the Southeast Regional. Clarke also notched three third- AASU All-PBAC Honors place overall finishes this season. Nikki Garland Bursting onto the scene for the Lady Pirate runners, freshman Jillian Melanie Clarke Charles enjoyed a standout first campaign for AASU, earning Peach Belt Jillian Charles (Freshman of the Year) Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year honors for her 10th-place finish at All-Southeast Region Honors the conference championships. Nikki Garland The 1999 season began with a fourth-place finish at the Georgia Southern Opener, but the Melanie Clarke following week, the Lady Pirates captured the Pre-PBAC Championship title in Lumberton, N.C. Individual Titles Second place finishes at the Winthrop Invitational and USC Spartanburg Invitational followed, then the Lady Pirates finished seventh in the prestigious Disney Cross Country Classic in Orlando, Fla. Nikki Garland - GSU Twilight (13:50) AASU would capture the Georgia Southern Invitational title and the win would push AASU to 25th in Pre-PBAC Championships (17:54.3) ** the NCAA Division II Coaches’ Top 25 poll, the first-ever national ranking for the Lady Pirates. Winthrop Invitational (17:43) At the PBAC Championships, Garland, Clarke and Charles all finished in the Top 10 as the Lady GSU Invitational (17:28.00) Pirates accumulated 81 points, good for third place. Garland and Clarke continued their strong running ** Course record in the NCAA Division II Southeast Regional, finishing fifth and sixth, respectively. 1999-2000 AASU Athletics Year In Review Men’s Basketball The AASU men’s basketball team completed a successful season with a torrid run through the Final PBAC Standings PBAC Tournament, culminating in their second berth in the championship game in the past three NORTH DIVISION seasons. Even though the Pirates fell to Columbus State in the championship game and missed out on a School PBAC All berth to the NCAA Championships, the season showed the university and the Savannah community a Augusta State 12-4 17-11 taste of what the future holds for AASU men’s basketball. Lander 12-4 21-9 Struggling along at 4--9, head coach Griff Mills installed a starting lineup of juniors Robert Campbell, UNC Pembroke 6-10 16-11 Tavares Brown, Greg Favors and Cyrille Mainnemarre and sophomore David Koncul against preseason USC Spartanburg 6-10 12-16 PBAC favorite Lander on January 8. The Pirates shocked the Senators, 76-65, on that Saturday evening USC Aiken 5-11 13-12 and proceeded to roll off 10 wins in their next 13 games to clinch second place in the PBAC with an 11- Francis Marion 5-11 9-17 5 mark in the conference. Overall, AASU finished with a 16-13 record. SOUTH DIVISION Sparking the successful play was the move of Campbell, a Hinesville native, to point guard. Campbell finished the season leading the Pirates in scoring, averaging 15.0 points per game, and leading the PBAC School PBAC All in assists and steals. For the second straight year, Campbell ranked nationally in steals and earned several Georgia C&SU 13-3 25-6 honors, including becoming the Pirates’ first-ever PBAC Player of the Year. AASU 11-5 16-13 Overall, the Pirates finished the season shooting 49.6 percent from the field, good enough for eighth Columbus State 8-8 22-10 in NCAA Division II. In 2000-2001, the Pirates will compete in the prestigious Disney Tip-Off Classic Clayton State 7-9 11-15 Kennesaw State 7-9 14-11 with a team that loses only one player from the 1999-2000 squad. North Florida 4-12 9-17 The future is bright for the Pirate basketball program ! AASU PBAC All-Conference Honors Individual Statistical Leaders Robert Campbell (Player of the Year) Scoring Robert Campbell, 15.0 ppg (7th PBAC) All-PBAC Tournament Honors David Koncul, 12.3 ppg (22nd PBAC) Robert Campbell Rebounding Tavares Brown Greg Favors, 8.7 rpg (4th PBAC) PBAC Player of the Week Field Goal Percentage Greg Favors (Dec. 13, 1999) Cyrille Mainnemarre, .620 (1st PBAC) Robert Campbell (Feb. 7, 2000) Greg Favors, .595 (4th PBAC) Georgia DII Player of the Year Assists (Presented by the Atlanta Tipoff Club) Robert Campbell, 5.76 apg (1st PBAC, 31st NCAA) Robert Campbell Division II Bulletin All-America Team Statistical Rankings Robert Campbell (Fourth Team) Scoring Offense NABC All-South Atlantic District 71.8 ppg (5th PBAC) Robert Campbell (Second Team) Scoring Defense Daktronics All-South Atlantic Region 68.2 ppg (5th PBAC) Robert Campbell Scoring Margin Ashley Dearing Cup Winner +3.6 (4th PBAC) David Koncul Field Goal Percentage Other Tournament Honors .496 (1st PBAC, 8th NCAA) Dixie Rotary Classic All-Tournament Team Free Throw Percentage Robert Campbell .696 (5th PBAC) Mick Jordan Field Goal Percentage Defense Free Throw Percentage .405 (2nd PBAC, 23rd NCAA) David Koncul, .824 (6th PBAC) 3-Point FG Percentage Robert Campbell, .734 (15th PBAC) .395 (1st PBAC, 31st NCAA) Steals Rebounding Offense Robert Campbell, 3.17 spg (1st PBAC, 10th NCAA) 36.4 rpg (5th PBAC) 3-Point FG Percentage Rebounding Margin David Koncul, .455 (3rd PBAC, 26th NCAA) +3.9 (1st PBAC) Mick Jordan, .417 (5th PBAC) Blocked Shots 3-Point FG Made Per Game 3.10 bpg (6th PBAC) David Koncul, 2.45 (3rd PBAC) Assists Mick Jordan, 1.83 (12th PBAC) 13.52 apg (6th PBAC) Blocked Shots Steals Cyrille Mainnemarre, 1.17 (7th PBAC) 8.90 spg (4th PBAC) Assist/Turnover Ratio Turnover Margin Robert Campbell, 1.16 (10th PBAC) -4.17 (12th PBAC) 1999-2000 AASU Athletics Year In Review Women’s Basketball Sporting a roster of no seniors, one junior, four sophomores and five freshman, the AASU Final PBAC Standings women’s basketball team struggled to a 7-19 overall record and a 4-12 mark in the PBAC. NORTH DIVISION The Lady Pirates had their share of big wins on the season, however. AASU defeated Valdosta State, School PBAC All 58-56, on Nov. 23, the first win ever for the Lady Pirates over the Lady Blazers. Francis Marion 13-3 25-8 Sophomore guard Lexie Martin hit a jump shot in the closing seconds to give the Lady Pirates a 77- Lander 12-4 22-8 75 win over Columbus State on Feb. 5 - snapping a six-game losing streak to the Cougars. The loss would USC Aiken 7-9 15-12 be the last for a Cougar squad that advanced to the NCAA Division II Elite Eight. Augusta State 5-11 10-15 AASU also received some momentum heading into the 2000-2001 season with a season-ending 74- UNC Pembroke 3-13 11-15 65 win over Clayton College & State on Feb. 26, giving the young Lady Pirates some confidence for the USC Spartanburg 2-14 5-21 offseason and for next year. Freshman Duanda Ball made an immediate impact for the Lady Pirates, leading the team in scoring, SOUTH DIVISION averaging 13.4 points per game, and shooting 56 of 146 three-pointers (38.4 percent). Sophomore Lexie School PBAC All Martin averaged 11.0 points per game and led the Lady Pirates in assists with 78. Kennesaw State 14-2 25-5 The 1999-2000 season also marked the last for head coach Lynn Jarrett, as she announced her resig- Columbus State 12-4 28-8 nation following the year. Jarrett compiled a 46-63 record in four seasons at AASU . North Florida 10-6 16-11 At the helm of the Lady Pirate basketball program in 2000-2001 will be Roger Hodge, who helped Georgia C&SU 10-6 17-10 lead Liberty University to three Big South Conference Championships and three NCAA Women’s Tour- Clayton State 4-12 8-18 nament appearances. Hodge was introduced as the Lady Pirates’ new coach at a press conference on May AASU 4-12 7-19 22 in Alumni Arena. Tournament Honors Lady Pirate Classic All-Tournament Team Duanda Ball Shawnte Craig Mount Olive Classic All-Tournament Team Lexie Martin

Individual Statistical Leaders Scoring Duanda Ball, 13.4 ppg (13th PBAC) Lexie Martin, 11.0 (23rd PBAC) Team Statistical Rankings Rebounding Scoring Offense Dorthell Little, 5.8 rpg (18th PBAC) 63.2 ppg (11th PBAC) Sonya Mintz, 5.7 rpg (19th PBAC) Field Goal Percentage Scoring Defense Sonya Mintz, .532 (4th PBAC) 67.3 ppg (7th PBAC) Assists Scoring Margin Lexie Martin, 3.25 apg (13th PBAC) -4.1 (10th PBAC) Free Throw Percentage Field Goal Percentage Duanda Ball, .724 (15th PBAC) .400 (8th PBAC) Steals Free Throw Percentage Lexie Martin, 2.00 spg (12th PBAC) .642 (10th PBAC) 3-Point FG Percentage Lori Green Field Goal Percentage Defense Duanda Ball, .384 (4th PBAC) .396 (7th PBAC) Lexie Martin, .346 (13th PBAC) 3-Point FG Percentage 3-Point FG Made Per Game .337 (4th PBAC) Duanda Ball, 2.15 (3rd PBAC) Rebounding Offense Lexie Martin, 1.96 (5th PBAC) 38.5 rpg (10th PBAC) Blocked Shots Rebounding Margin Dorthell Little, 1.04 bpg (7th PBAC) -2.3 (11th PBAC) Assist/Turnover Ratio Blocked Shots Lexie Martin, 1.04 (13th PBAC) 2.12 bpg (8th PBAC) Assists 12.08 apg (11th PBAC) Steals 8.15 spg (12th PBAC) Turnover Margin -3.73 (11th PBAC)

Shawnte Craig 1999-2000 AASU Athletics Year In Review Baseball Head coach Joe Roberts’ baseball squad finished the 2000 season with a 37-17 overall record, 15- Final PBAC Standings 15 in the PBAC and ranked No. 25 in the final Collegiate Baseball Division II Top 25 Coaches’ Poll. School PBAC All The record marked the 17th time the Pirates have won 35 or more games in a season in the last 20 North Florida 26-4 47-12 years. AASU has also been ranked in the final NCAA Division II Top 25 in 10 of the last 13 seasons. Georgia C&SU 19-11 39-20 AASU compiled a 28-9 home record and went 14-1 in the Savannah Invitational, where the Columbus State 19-11 32-24 Pirates hosted top-quality Division II teams from across the nation in a three-week long tournament at Kennesaw State 18-12 38-20 Pirate Field. Francis Marion 15-13 23-20 The Pirates again finished in the Top 20 in the nation in pitching (3.85 ERA) and fielding (.960) AASU 15-15 37-17 and had a 10-game winner in junior Jason Ackley, just the 15th Pirate to reach double digits in wins in USC Aiken 15-15 29-27 one season. Lander 13-17 27-25 Several Pirates finished their careers with stellar years. Catcher Kevin Bullard led the Pirates in Augusta State 12-18 25-29 home runs (8) and ranked second in RBI (47) and finished his four-year Pirate career in the top 10 of USC Spartanburg 6-24 13-40 seven different AASU offensive categories. He was also named PBAC Player of the Week for May 2. UNC Pembroke 5-23 17-36 Pitcher Joey Williams went 8-5 with a 3.30 ERA and his 23 career wins ranks fourth all-time and his 219 strikeouts ranks second all-time. He was also the PBAC’s Pitcher of the Week for February 15. PBAC Player of the Week Shane Shelton finished his AASU career by pitching in 64 games, the second most all-time. Brian Kevin Bullard (May 2, 2000) Chester, who played three years for the Pirates, ranks ninth in total at-bats. Three two-year players PBAC Pitcher of the Week finished their careers - Ray Castillo (AASU’s all-time leader in hit by pitch, 32), Jimmy LaRose (.345 Joey Williams (Feb. 15, 2000) career BA) and Mike Cadwallader (.280 average, 23 stolen bases). Final NCAA DII National Rank During the season, coach Roberts recorded his 850th career win with a 13-2 victory over Queens on March 4. Roberts ranks seventh all-time in NCAA Division II in coaching victories. No. 25 AASU Players In MLB Draft Dustin McGowan (signee) - 1st round (33 overall) Toronto Blue Jays Kevin Bullard RHP Jason Olson - 17th round (507 overall) Los Angeles Dodgers Other AASU Players Who Signed Professionally C Kevin Bullard - Arizona Diamondbacks OF Jimmy LaRose - River City Rascals (Frontier League) SS Ray Castillo - River City Rascals (Frontier League)

Individual Statistical Leaders Team Statistical Rankings Runs Batted In Batting Average Kevin Bullard, 47, 1.00 rbi/gm (6th PBAC) .307 (3rd PBAC) Home Runs ERA Kevin Bullard, 8, 0.17 hr/gm (9th PBAC) 3.85 (3rd PBAC, 17th NCAA) Doubles Fielding Kevin Bullard, 17, 0.36 dbl/gm (4th PBAC) Haydn Chinn, 17, 0.32 dbl/gm (8th PBAC) .960 (1st PBAC, 19th NCAA) Triples Scoring Haydn Chinn, 5, 0.09 tpl/gm (1st PBAC) 7.43 runs/gm (4th PBAC) Bryan Beckmann, 4, 0.08 tpl/gm (2nd PBAC) Home Runs Stolen Bases 39, 0.72 hr/gm (5th PBAC) Bryan Beckmann, 25-27, 0.49 sb/gm (3rd PBAC) Stolen Bases Jimmy LaRose, 21-27, 0.39 sb/gm (6th PBAC) 110-138, 2.04 sb/gm (2nd PBAC, 25th NCAA) Brian Chester, 13-15, 0.31 sb/gm (8th PBAC) Doubles Wins 115, 2.13 dbl/gm (t30th NCAA) Jason Ackley, 10-2 (T2nd PBAC) Joey Williams, 8-5 (T6th PBAC) Double Plays Saves 48, 0.89 dblplay/gm (28th NCAA) Shane Shelton, 3, (T9th PBAC) Winning Percentage ERA 37-17, .685 (31st NCAA) B.J. Brinkmeier, 3.25 (5th PBAC) Joey Williams, 3.30 (6th PBAC) 1999-2000 AASU Athletics Year In Review Softball Head coach Marty McDaniel’s AASU softball squad completed a remarkable season of firsts in Final PBAC Standings just the Pirates’ third year of competition. McDaniel led the Pirates to a 51-7 record, a No. 1 ranking SCHOOL PBAC ALL during the year in the NFCA Top 25 and a first-ever NCAA Regional berth. AASU 18-2 51-7 One of the biggest reasons for the Pirates’ success in 2000 was the play of sophomore Annie Sells. Kennesaw State 18-2 56-8 Sells was named the Peach Belt Athletic Conference’s Player of the Year and earned second-team All- North Florida 12-6 47-11 America honors by the NFCA, the first All-America honors ever for a Pirate softball player. Sells went Columbus State 12-7 39-19 23-3 with an 0.75 ERA in the circle and also hit .364 with 13 home runs and 44 RBI. USC Spartanburg 10-6 38-11 The Pirates began the season by winning their first 21 games and followed up its early success Georgia C&SU 10-8 32-22 with doubleheader sweeps of Top 5 teams Kennesaw State and North Florida to take the driver’s seat in Lander 9-11 32-21 the conference race. Two more wins over KSU in the Peach Belt Blast tournament on April 22-23 Francis Marion 7-13 35-23 propelled the Pirates to the top spot in the NFCA Division II Top 25 poll on April 26. USC Aiken 5-15 31-29 The Pirates’ 1-0 win over Columbus State in their final doubleheader of the season clinched a UNC Pembroke 2-17 12-21 share of the PBAC Softball championship for the Pirates, the first-ever for AASU, and McDaniel was Augusta State 2-18 15-37 honored as the PBAC Coach of the Year. Three other players - juniors Tesh Wiewel, Crystal McCracken and Crystal Saccomanno - joined Annie Sells as All-PBAC honorees. The PBAC championship and No. 1 national ranking assured the Pirates of their first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance as AASU traveled to Kennesaw State for the South Atlantic Regional. AASU went 2-2 in the region tournament, losing to Kennesaw State in the final. Wiewel and McCracken added All-Region and All-Region Tournament honors to their mantles along with Sells. Two other players - sophomore Brea Smith and junior Maria Lopez - also earned All-Region honors. AASU PBAC All-Conference Honors NFCA Division II All-America Honors Annie Sells (Player of the Year) Annie Sells (Second Team) Crystal McCracken NFCA All-South Atlantic Region Honors Tesh Wiewel Annie Sells (First Team) Crystal Saccomanno Maria Lopez (First Team) Marty McDaniel (Coach of the Year) Crystal McCracken (First Team) PBAC Player of the Week Tesh Wiewel (First Team) Annie Sells (Mar. 8, 2000) Brea Smith (Second Team) Crystal McCracken (Apr. 12 & Apr. 26, 2000) Crystal Saccomanno (Second Team) Nicole Weirauch (Apr. 19, 2000) Marty McDaniel (Coach of the Year) PBAC Player of the Week GTE Academic All-District III Honors Individual Statistical Leaders Annie Sells (Mar. 22, Apr. 12, Julie King (Second Team) Batting Average Apr. 26 & May 2, 2000) South Atlantic Regional All-Tmt Team Tesh Wiewel, .394 (6th PBAC) Final NFCA Division II National Rank Annie Sells Annie Sells, .364 (10th PBAC) No. 8 Crystal McCracken Runs Batted In Tesh Wiewel Annie Sells, 44, 0.86 rbi/gm (5th PBAC) Maria Lopez, 36, 0.80 rbi/gm (6th PBAC) Crystal McCracken, 45, 0.78 rbi/gm (7th PBAC) Team Statistical Rankings Home Runs Annie Sells, 13, 0.25 hr/gm (3rd PBAC, 11th NCAA) Batting Average Crystal McCracken, 13, 0.22 (5th PBAC, 15th NCAA) .336 (1st PBAC, 8th NCAA) Tesh Wiewel, 6, 0.10 hr/gm (9th PBAC) ERA Crystal Saccomanno, 5, 0.09 hr/gm (10th PBAC) 0.94 (2nd PBAC, 4th NCAA) Triples Tesh Wiewel, 4, 0.10 trp/gm (4th PBAC) Fielding Stolen Bases .975 (1st PBAC, 5th NCAA) Holly Schilling, 14, 0.27 sb/gm (7th PBAC) Scoring Wins 6.28 runs/gm (1st PBAC, 11th NCAA) Annie Sells, 23-3 (5th PBAC) Home Runs Julie King, 15-1 (10th PBAC) 44, 0.76 hr/gm (1st PBAC, t6th NCAA) Saves Stolen Bases Julie King, 2 (2nd PBAC) 31, 0.53 sb/gm (9th PBAC) ERA Slugging Percentage Annie Sells, 0.75 (2nd PBAC, 7th NCAA) .486 (10th NCAA) Julie King, 0.78 (3rd PBAC, 10th NCAA) Doubles Maria Lopez, 1.51 (10th PBAC) 83, 1.43 dbl/gm (22nd NCAA) Strikeouts Won-Lost Percentage Annie Sells, 264, 10.48/ 7 inn. (2nd PBAC, 3rd NCAA) 51-7, .879 (2nd NCAA) Maria Lopez, 108, 7.74/7 inn. (5th PBAC, 17th NCAA) Julie King, 115, 7.43/7 inn. (6th PBAC, 23rd NCAA) 1999-2000 AASU Athletics Year In Review Men’s Tennis The AASU men’s tennis team enjoyed another stellar year on the courts in 2000, finishing the Final PBAC Standings regular season undefeated in PBAC play and advancing to the NCAA Quarterfinals in Pensacola, Fla. SCHOOL PBAC ALL The AASU men, playing a schedule featuring matches against 15 of the top 25 teams in the nation, AASU 8-0 20-7 knocked off No. 1-ranked Lander University during the season en route to a perfect 11-0 mark in PBAC Francis Marion 6-1 18-4 play. The Pirates ended the year with a 20-7 mark and a No. 6 national ranking, finishing runner-up to Lander 5-1 17-5 North Florida 5-3 16-13 Lander in the PBAC Tournament, then lost to Lander in the NCAA Quarterfinals as Lander went on to its Columbus State 4-3 9-7 eighth straight NCAA Division II title. Of AASU’s 27 matches, 19 were against Top 25 competition and USC Aiken 2-6 17-9 the Pirates compiled a 14-5 mark against those top teams. Augusta State 2-6 13-13 Juniors Stefan Wirtz and Christopher Petersen and sophomore Blaise Tribolet earned All-PBAC Georgia C&SU 2-6 9-14 honors and Petersen was named the ITA South Region Player to Watch. Wirtz and Petersen added ITA USC Spartanburg 0-8 5-10 Division II All-America honors in singles as well.

AASU PBAC All-Conference Honors ITA/NCAA DII All-America Honors Stefan Wirtz (Singles) Stefan Wirtz (Singles) Christopher Petersen (Singles) Christopher Petersen (Singles) Blaise Tribolet (Singles) ITA/ DII South Region Player to Watch Final ITA/NCAA Division II National Rank Christopher Petersen No. 6 ITA National Scholar-Athlete GTE Academic All-District III Christopher Petersen Christopher Petersen Blaise Tribolet Blaise Tribolet

Individual Statistics Singles Player #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Fall Record Stefan Wirtz 12-10 7-3 19-13 Antony Xayphengsy 1-0 3-3 4-3 Blaise Tribolet 1-1 13-3 3-0 6-3 23-7 Christopher Petersen 1-0 10-3 4-0 1-0 1-0 7-3 24-6 Frederic Heitz 1-0 1-0 3-0 10-3 5-1 4-3 24-7 Aref Jallali 1-1 3-1 7-4 3-2 14-8 Dave Webley 1-1 2-1 5-5 3-2 11-9 John Stone 0-1 0-3 2-2 2-6 Nickolay Nesterov 0-2 0-2 James Nichols 0-1 1-1 0-1 1-3

Doubles Player #1 #2 #3 Fall Record Blaise Tribolet 10-11 3-2 5-3 18-16 Christopher Petersen 11-15 5-3 16-18 Stefan Wirtz 1-5 4-2 11-3 8-2 24-12 Antony Xayphengsy 4-2 1-0 5-2 Frederic Heitz 11-9 5-1 8-2 24-12 Aref Jallali 11-10 5-1 16-10 Dave Webley 0-1 10-6 0-2 10-9 John Stone 3-3 0-2 3-5

Final ITA National / Regional Rankings National - Singles Regional - Singles Stefan Wirtz - No. 17 Stefan Wirtz - No. 9 Christopher Petersen - No. 19 Christopher Petersen - No. 11 Blaise Tribolet - No. 38 Blaise Tribolet - No. 21 National - Doubles Regional - Doubles Christopher Petersen - No. 13 Christopher Petersen - No. 7 Blaise Tribolet - No. 13 Blaise Tribolet - No. 7 1999-2000 AASU Athletics Year In Review Women’s Tennis The AASU women’s tennis team enjoyed yet another spectacular season in 2000, advancing to the Final PBAC Standings NCAA Quarterfinals and finishing the year with a No. 5 national ranking and a 17-7 record. SCHOOL PBAC ALL The Lady Pirates breezed through the PBAC schedule, finishing 8-0 in the regular season and AASU 11-0 17-7 advancing to the PBAC tournament final, where North Florida took advantage of a short-handed North Florida 10-1 23-8 Pirates squad to win the tournament title. AASU defeated UNF, however, in South Regional action to Columbus State 9-2 14-5 Georgia C&SU 8-3 12-13 advance to its sixth straight NCAA tournament, where the Pirates would lose to eventual national Kennesaw State 7-4 14-7 champion BYU-Hawaii in the quarterfinals. USC Aiken 5-6 17-10 Freshman Stephanie Kovacic, the PBAC’s Player of the Year, was named the ITA National Rookie Francis Marion 4-7 9-10 of the Year and earned ITA All-America honors. Sophomore Michaela Kratochvilova also earned All- Augusta State 3-8 13-12 PBAC and ITA All-America honors, while seniors Petra Schemm and Marie-Claude Ostiguy were All- Clayton State 3-8 9-15 PBAC honorees. Head coach Simon Earnshaw, in his first year at the helm of the Pirate tennis program, Lander 3-8 4-13 was named the PBAC women’s Coach of the Year. USC Spartanburg 2-9 9-16 UNC Pembroke 1-10 5-15 AASU is the only school to have both its men’s and women’s teams qualify for the NCAA Champi- onships each of the past six seasons. AASU PBAC All-Conference Honors ITA/NCAA DII All-America Honors Stephanie Kovacic (Singles & Doubles, Player of the Year) Stephanie Kovacic (Singles & Doubles) Michaela Kratochvilova (Singles & Doubles) Michaela Kratochvilova (Singles & Doubles) Petra Schemm (Singles & Doubles) ITA/ DII National Rookie of the Year Marie-Claude Ostiguy (At-Large Singles & Doubles) Stephanie Kovacic Simon Earnshaw (Coach of the Year) ITA/ DII South Region Rookie of the Year Final ITA/NCAA Division II National Rank Stephanie Kovacic No. 5 ITA National Scholar-Athlete ITA Academic All-America Team Honors Marie-Claude Ostiguy 3.51 GPA GTE Academic All-District III Honors Marie-Claude Ostiguy (First Team)

Individual Statistics Singles Player #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Fall Record Stephanie Kovacic 19-1 1-1 20-2 Michaela Kratochvilova 15-1 7-3 22-4 Petra Schemm 13-4 1-0 4-2 18-6 Marie-Claude Ostiguy 2-0 16-3 8-2 26-5 Aitana Vargas 2-0 2-12 1-0 1-2 6-14 Josephine Grube 3-2 4-10 7-12 Colleen Fitzsimmons 2-1 2-1

Doubles Player #1 #2 #3 Fall Record Stephanie Kovacic 18-3 18-3 Michaela Kratochvilova 19-3 1-1 6-1 26-5 Petra Schemm 0-2 19-3 5-1 25-6 Marie-Claude Ostiguy 1-2 18-3 5-1 24-6 Aitana Vargas 2-1 6-14 8-15 Josephine Grube 8-15 8-15 Colleen Fitzsimmons 2-1 2-1

Final ITA National / Regional Rankings National - Singles Regional - Singles Stephanie Kovacic - No. 3 Stephanie Kovacic - No. 2 Michaela Kratochvilova - No. 9 Michaela Kratochvilova - No. 7 Petra Schemm - No. 37 Petra Schemm - No. 20 National - Doubles Regional - Doubles Stephanie Kovacic - No. 2 Stephanie Kovacic - No. 1 Michaela Kratochvilova - No. 2 Michaela Kratochvilova - No. 1 1999-2000 AASU Athletics Year In Review Track and Field Freshman Rebekah Mackie became AASU’s second track All-America with a fourth-place finish in the 5,000 meters at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Raleigh, N.C. The Auckland, New Zealand, native finished fourth with a time of 17:16.09, earning five points for the Pirates in the team standings and earning All-America honors. Mackie’s finish gave the Pirates a 41st place finish at the champi- onships. Mackie joined junior teammate Nikki Garland, AASU’s first track All-America, at the championships. Garland, who earned All-America honors as a freshman in the 800 meters, competed in both the 800 and the 1,500 meters at the championships this year, finishing 12th in the 1,500 meters with a time of 4:42.75 and 13th in the 800 meters with a time of 2:13.98. AASU Track All-America Honors Rebekah Mackie, 5000 Meters

Golf

On March 22, 2000, AASU athletic director Dr. Eddie Aenchbacher announced plans for the revival of the Pi- rates’ men’s golf program for the 2000-2001 season. The men’s golf program was dropped as a varsity sport when AASU left its status as an NCAA Division I program in the 1987-88 athletic year. The revitalization of the golf program brings back a sport that earned several regional and national accolades, including berths in the NAIA Championships in the early 1970s, and boasts many former Pirate standouts, including 1996 AASU Athletic Hall of Fame inductee Toby Browne. In a press conference at Southbridge Golf Club on May 24, 2000, Dr. Aenchbacher introduced Michael Butler as AASU’s new head golf coach.coach of the Pirate men’s golf program. Butler, a Savannah native and former NCAA Division II All-America golfer, graduated from Benedictine Military School in 1989 and went on to enjoy a successful collegiate golf career, earning NJCAA All-America honors at Florida Community College at Jacksonville and competing for the U.S. in the 1990 World University Games in Montpelier, France. Continuing his career at Jacksonville State University, Butler was a two-time NCAA Division II All-America honoree for the Gamecocks. “I feel very excited to be starting the men’s golf program from the ground level,” Butler said. “I look forward to the challenge of creating a strong team at Armstrong Atlantic State.” Academics PBAC Presidential Honor Roll Honorees AASU student-athletes continued to excel in the classroom in the 1999-2000 academic year. 54% of all AASU student-ath- Baseball Basketball Softball Volleyball letes carried GPAs of 3.0 or better and the overall GPA of AASU Bryan Beckmann Mick Jordan Julie King Julia Baker student-athletes, as a group, was 2.91. 50 AASU student-athletes B.J. Brinkmeier Bart Westgeest Stacey Rout Kelly Barbee earned PBAC Presidential Honor Roll honors and four student- Kevin Bullard Duanda Ball Crystal Saccomanno Kris Bringewatt Ray Castillo Shawnte Craig Brea Smith Lindsay Ehlers athletes were named GTE Academic All-District - softball pitcher Brian Chester Becca Hubbard IsaTillery Ashley Helmick Julie King, women’s tennis player Marie-Claude Ostiguy and men’s Pat Daly Lexie Martin Micah Roman tennis players Christopher Petersen and Blaise Tribolet. Bill Keifer Tennis Shelley Weekes Jimmy LaRose Cross Country Aref Jallali AASU student-athletes earned 31 Dean’s List honors in 1999- Damon Moore Robert Crenshaw Christopher Petersen 2000 and two AASU student-athletes - Ostiguy and volleyball Andrew Moss Paul McRae John Stone player Lindsay Ehlers - carried perfect 4.0 GPAs for the entire Jason Olson Nikki Garland Blaise Tribolet year. Nick Snow Katie Graham Dave Webley Ostiguy and Tribolet were honored with the AASU President’s Jeff Thomas Amanda Lagesse Stefan Wirtz Shane Valigora Laura Pell Josephine Grube Cup, given by the Savannah Exchange Club to the top AASU male Joey Williams Michaela Kratochvilova and female student-athlete of the year academically. Marie-Claude Ostiguy Petra Schemm Aitana Vargas